[Foundation-l] UCMJ and Wikimedia

[Thomas Dalton]

On 02/01/2008, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thats the crux - can we have a policy that imposes consequences on an
> editor for fulfilling a legal obligation and actions associated with
> that obligation?

That is, indeed, the crux of the matter. As far as I know, we can,
since there is no legal right to edit Wikipedia, but that is the
question that needs answering.

> Related to NLT - if someone doesn't make a legal threat, but actually
> *sues* an editor and does so via a subpoena to the WMF, is there any
> policy treating that situation?

There's not a relevant enwiki policy, to my knowledge. The WMF may
well have internal policies on how to deal with such legal action -
they probably involve alerting Mike and having him fulfil the
foundation's legal obligations. There may also be some WP:OFFICE
actions to limit any potential further damage. That's all at
foundation level, though, and isn't up to the enwiki community.